Mark Hanly
HDAT9800 Guest Lecture
July 2024
8-inch, 5¼-inch, and 3½-inch floppy disks. Invented in 1971 by IBM. From Wikipedia
Ogham Stone. 400AD-1000AD mallonireland.com
Quipu in the Museo Machu Picchu, Casa Concha, Cusco. Andead South America 2600 BC – c.1600 AD Wikipedia
Map of Australia showing the 21 coastal locations from which Aboriginal stories about coastal inundation are described. From Nunn and Reid (2016)
This study suggests that Aboriginal stories of coastal drowning in Australia, from locations thousands of kilometres apart, date from 7,250–13,070 years ago (5,300–11,120 BC). If this is the case, then not only does it corroborate the fact—hitherto inferred but never shown to have been observed—of postglacial sea-level rise but it also demonstrates an extraordinary longevity for these stories
Nunn and Reid (2016)
people perceive more aesthetic designs as much more intuitive than those considered to be less aesthetically pleasing.
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Nikkei Stock Average (Nikkei 225). See indexes.nikkei.co.jp
Nikkei Stock Average (Nikkei 225). See indexes.nikkei.co.jp
Words have meaning. Type has spirit. The combination is spectacular.
—Paula Scher
Living among snakes in Queensland, Australia by Diana MacDonald. See didoesdigital.com/snakes
Level Up Your Plots by Cara Thompson see cararthompson.com/talks
Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories. From YouTube
How can the next government improve hospital waits in England? by The Health Foundation. See health.ork.uk
How can the next government improve hospital waits in England? by The Health Foundation. See health.ork.uk
Visualising the Baby Boom by Kieran Healy
University of Monash Climate Communicators program. See monash.edu/mcccrh/projects/climate-communicators
We are the storytelling ape, and we are incredibly good at it. As soon as we are old enough to want to understand what is happening around us, we begin to live in a world of stories. We think in narrative
—Terry Pratchett
The simplest story structure:
Sickly sweet: It’s time for a sugary drinks tax The Grattan Institute
Sickly sweet: It’s time for a sugary drinks tax The Grattan Institute
Sickly sweet: It’s time for a sugary drinks tax The Grattan Institute
Sickly sweet: It’s time for a sugary drinks tax The Grattan Institute
What if? by Owen Cho. See healthpolicy.github.io/nhs_whatif
The Great War Centenary. See poppyfield.org
They may forget what you said — but they will never forget how you made them feel.
—Carl W. Buehner
US gun killings in 2018. See guns.periscopic.com
little picture: sea level trend. See climate.esa.int/en/littlepicturescompetition
little picture: sea level trend. See climate.esa.int/en/littlepicturescompetition
little picture: burned area in europe. See climate.esa.int/en/littlepicturescompetition
little picture: burned area in europe. See climate.esa.int/en/littlepicturescompetition
Not a Single Origin by Small Multiples. See notasingleorigin.com
Not a Single Origin by Small Multiples. See notasingleorigin.com
Not a Single Origin by Small Multiples. See notasingleorigin.com
Not a Single Origin by Small Multiples. See notasingleorigin.com
Read about it in The Conversation
HDAT9800 Visualisation and Communication of Health Data